POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
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GEOGRAPHY VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENTS WOMAN HOTS
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Question 1 - 10

• NAME THE 2 RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT
  MESOPOTOMIAN CIVILIZATION.

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WHAT ARE THE TWO RIVERS THAT NOURISHED ANCIENT
MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION

• TIGRIS AND THE EUPHRATES.

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WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME AREA AS
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
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Answer 1 20 WHAT MODERN COUNTRY IS IN THE SAME
AREA AS ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAIRAQ
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF
MESOPOTAMIA?
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE WATERWAY TO THE SOUTH OF
MESOPOTAMIA ?PERSIAN GULF
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WHAT IS THE MESOPOTAMIAN NICKNAME WHICH REFERS TO
THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND THE SHAPE
OF THIS AREA?
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WHAT IS THE NICKNAME FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT REFERS
TO WHAT IS THE NICKMANE FOR MESOPOTAMIA THAT
REFERS TO THE GOOD FARM LAND NEAR THE RIVERS AND
ITS SHAPE? FERTILE CRESCENT
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EXPLAIN HOW SUMERS GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED ITS
ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF.
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EXPLAIN HOW SUMERS GEOGRAPHY INFLUENCED
ITS ABILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF.SUMER HAD NO
NATURAL BOUNDARIES, LARGE SEAS OR MOUNTAINS TO
PROTECT IT SO IT WAS OFTEN UNDER ATTACK.
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A PROFESSIONSAL WRITER FOR THE GOVERNMENTS,
TEMPLES AND BUSINESS
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Answer 2 10A PROFESSIONAL WRITER FOR
GOVERNMENT, THE TEMPLES AND BUSINESS.SCRIBE
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A POLITICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE
SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE
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Answer 2 20 A POLTICAL UNIT CONSISTING OF A
CITY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY SIDECITY-STATE
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WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE
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WHAT WAS THE CENTER OF A SUMERIAN CITY-STATE?

• ZIGGURAT

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GIFTS AND MONEY DEMANDED FROM A RULER
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GIFTS AND MONEY DEMANDED FROM A RULER

• TRIBUTE

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A SOCIETY WHICH HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT,
ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE
OF MATHMATICS, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.
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A SOCIETY THAT HAS A SOPHISTICATED GOVERNMENT,
ECONOMY AND RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE AND A KNOWLEDGE
OF SCIENCE, MATHMATICS AND THE ARTS.

• CIVILIZATION

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THIS SUMERIAN ACHEIVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY
IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY
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THIS SUMERIAN ACHEIVEMENT CAUSES US TO CLASSIFY
IT AS PART OF HISTORY, NOT PREHISTORY

• WRITING, CUNEIFORM

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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT GOVERNMENT
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NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO GOVERNMENT

• THE CODE OF HAMMURABI

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NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
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NAME AN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

• WHEEL, SAIL, CHARIOT

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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHEIVMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION
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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO IRRIGATION

• BASIN, LEVEE, CANALS

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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MEDICINE
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NAME A SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO MEDICINE
BRAIN SURGERY
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EXPLAIN ONE WAY IN WHICH THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
PROTECTED WOMEN
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EXPLAIN ONE WAY IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE
PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI.

• THEY COULD CONTROL PROPERTY DURING THEIR
  LIFETIME.
• WOMAN COULD CHOOSE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR
  HUSBANDS OR THEIR FAMILIES WHEN SICK AND TOOK
  THEIR DOWRY WITH THEM IF THEIR FAMILIES WHERE
  LOOKING AFTER THEM.

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PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH WOMAN HAD ECONOMIC
POWER
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PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE IN WHICH SUMERIAN WOMAN HAD
ECONOMIC POWERSOME WOMAN OWNED AND CONTROLLED
BUSINESSES LIKE THE ASSYRIAN WOMAN IN THE READING.
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WHAT WERE 2 POWERFUL AND INFLLUENTIAL JOBS THAT
SOME MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN HAD?
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WHAT WERE SOME POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL JOBS THAT
SOME MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN HAD?
QUEEN AND PRIESTESS
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HOW WERE SLAVE WOMEN TREATED?
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HOW WERE SUMERIAN SLAVE WOMEN TREATED?

• FEMALE SLAVES OF THE QUEEN WERE KILLED AND BURIED
  WITH HER TO SERVE IN THE NEXT LIFE

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NAME 2 WAYS IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE NOT
PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI.
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NAME 2 WAYS IN WHICH MESOPOTAMIAN WOMEN WERE NOT
PROTECTED BY THE CODE OF HAMMURABI
WOMAN WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MATTERS OF ADULTARY IF THE HUSBAND CHOSE TO DO THIS. WOMAN WHO DISGRACED THEIR HUSBANDS WERE DISCARDED AND MADE TO BE SLAVES IN THEIR HUSBANDS HOUSEHOLD. WOMAN COULD NOT DETERMINE WHO TO LEAVE THEIR PROPERTY TO IT WOULD GO TO THE MALES IN THE FAMILY AFTER HER DEATH.

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EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF 3 SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENTS OUR
CIVILIZATON
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EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF 3 SUMERIAN ACHIEVEMENTS ON
CIVILIZATIONARCH, WRITING,MATH SYSTEM BASED ON 60
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EXPLAIN 2 WAYS IN WHICH SUMERIAN GEOGRAPHY
INFLUENCED THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE
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EXPLAIN 2 WAYS IN WHICH SUMERIAN GEOGRAPHY
INFLUENCED THEIR OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

• THE LACK OF NATURAL BOUNDARIES WHICH LED TO
  FREQUENT ENEMY INVASIONS AND THE DIFFICULT FLOODS
  FROM THE RIVERS INFLUENCED THE PESSIMISTIC
  ATTITUDE IN THE END OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH.
  IMMORTALITY IS SNATCHED FROM GILGAMESH BY A SNAKE
  AFTER A LONG JOURNEY FULL OF CHALLENGES.
• SUMERIANS BELIEVED THAT THE AFTERLIFE WAS
  A LAND OF SHADOWS.

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WHAT VALUES WHERE IMPORTANT TO THE SUMERIANS AS
EXEMPLEFIED BY ENKIDU, GILGAMESH AND HARIM?
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WHAT VALUES WERE IMPORTANT TO THE MESOPOTAMIANS
AND WERE EXEMPLIFIED BY GILGAMESH, ENKIDU AND
HARIM?
PRIVATE PROPERTY BRAVERY LOYALTY COMPASSION COURAG
E CULTURE DIPLOMACY WISDOM
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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE
SUMERIAN TABLET SCHOOLS
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EVALUATE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE
SUMERIAN TABLET SCHOOLS

• SUMERIANS MADE THE MOST OF SCARCE RESOURCES BY
  EDUCATING JUST A PORTION OF THEIR POPULATION, THE
  SONS OF THE WEALTHY. THEY PROMOTED AND PRESERVED
  CIVILIZATION BY TEACHING CUNEIFORM, MATHMATICS,
  INCLUDING A NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 60 AND
  REENFORCED THE VALUES OF THEIR CIVILIZATION BY
  STUDYING THE EPIC, GILGAMESH.

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SCHOOLS CONT. . .

• THE WEAKNESSES OF SUMERIAN SCHOOLS WERE THAT THEY
  EXCLUDED MOST PEOPLE INCLUDING WOMAN AND THE
  POOR.
• THIS LEAD TO A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY.
• SUMERIAN SCHOOLS USED CORPORAL PUNISHMENT WHICH
  DID NOT RECOGNIZE HUMAN RIGHTS.
• BRIBES TO TEACHERS WOULD SOMETIMES GET YOU GOOD
  GRADES.
• LITTLE CRITICAL THINKING WAS TAUGHT IN SUMERIAN
  SCHOOLS.

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COMPARE THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TO AMERICAN LAW
USING 3 EXAMPLES. DEFEND ONE CIVILIZATIONS
LEGAL SYSEM.
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COMPARE THE CODE OF HAMMURABI TO AMERICAS LAWS.
USING 3 EXAMPLES DEFEND ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS.

• 8TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
  PUNISHMENT IN THE USA.
• TRIAL BY ORDEAL AND BY ONE JUSDED
• JUDGE WAS COMMON IN MESOPORAMINA

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